Bucks Sign Sample

That sounds kind of funny, right?

Anyway, the Bucks announced today that they have signed 22-year-old rookie defenseman Tomas Sample.

Sample played four seasons of junior hockey then took two years off to complete his education, so he hasn't played since the 2006-07 season.

He played for four teams in two different junior leagues, the Ontario Hockey League and the Ontario Provincial Junior Hockey League.

I'm guessing that Coach Ruskowski and/or his scouts saw something in this kid they really liked if he's bringing him in after a couple seasons off, so I'll be sure to ask him about that.

For more on Sample, you can check out his OHL profile, his hockeyfights.com profile or this YouTube video:



I honestly have no idea which of the players he is because they're wearing the same number, but both kids throw some pretty big punches in there.

Oh, wait, here's another one:



UPDATE: Ruskowski does indeed seem to like this kid a lot; you can read my story in tomorrow's Times to hear what he had to say. Just a heads up, the numbers on Hockey DB conflict greatly with the ones in the press release and slightly with the ones on the OHL and OPJHL sites. So, in my story, I'm going with the ones from the leagues themselves. That adds up to 38 total points, one more than Hockey DB has given him, and quite a few less than what the press release states. His OPJHL numbers from 2006-07 can be found here, but the only discrepency is with his OHL time, as Hockey DB has him pointless with the Sudbury Wolves in 2003-04 and the OHL site says he had an assist. Sorry if that's confusing; just wanted to explain.